List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Republic of the Congo and Zaire) since the country's independence in 1960.

The current president is Félix Tshisekedi, since 24 January 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other affiliations

Symbols

Template:Note label Elected unopposed

Status

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of the Congo (1960–1971)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">1	File:Joseph Kasa-Vubu at the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference.jpg	Joseph Kasa-Vubu Template:Small	1960	1 July 1960	24 November 1965 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	ABAKO
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">2	File:Mobutu.jpg	Joseph-Désiré Mobutu Template:Small	—	24 November 1965	27 October 1971<ref name="NYT1">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Age in years and days	Military Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color;" |			Template:Text				MPR
Republic of Zaire (1971–1997)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Template:Small	File:Mobutu.jpg	Mobutu Sese Seko Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Text Template:Text	27 October 1971<ref name="NYT1" />	16 May 1997 Template:Small<ref name="NYT2">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Age in years and days	MPR
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–present)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">3	File:Visit of Laurent Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the EC (cropped2).jpg	Laurent-Désiré Kabila Template:Small	—	17 May 1997	16 January 2001 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Independent Template:Small AFDL
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">—	File:Joseph Kabila April 2016.jpg	Joseph Kabila Template:Small	—	17 January 2001	26 January 2001	Template:Age in years and days	Independent Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">4			2006 2011	17 January 2001	24 January 2019	Template:Age in years and days	PPRD
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5	File:Félix Tshisekedi - 2019 (cropped).jpg	Félix Tshisekedi Template:Small	2018 2023	24 January 2019	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	UDPS

Timeline

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Rank by time in office

Rank	President	Time in office
1	Mobutu Sese Seko	Template:Ayd
2	Joseph Kabila	Template:Ayd
3	Félix Tshisekedi	Template:Ayd
4	Joseph Kasa-Vubu	Template:Ayd
5	Laurent-Désiré Kabila	Template:Ayd

See also

• Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo

External links

• Official website of the President of the DRC
• World Statesmen – Congo (Kinshasa)